diff --git a/sklearn/decomposition/dict_learning.py b/sklearn/decomposition/dict_learning.py
index 65ae605b6c19b..844d295ecc8de 100644
--- a/sklearn/decomposition/dict_learning.py
+++ b/sklearn/decomposition/dict_learning.py
@@ -717,6 +717,19 @@ def dict_learning_online(X, n_components=2, alpha=1, n_iter=100,
         Number of iterations run. Returned only if `return_n_iter` is
         set to `True`.
 
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import numpy as np
+    >>> from sklearn.decomposition import DictionaryLearning
+    >>> X = np.array([[0., 0., 1.],
+    ...               [1., 0., 0.],
+    ...               [2., 2., 2.],
+    ...               [2., 5., 4.]])
+    >>> dico = DictionaryLearning(n_components=2, alpha=1, random_state=1)
+    >>> dico.fit(X).components_  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    array([[-0.2981..., -0.7453..., -0.5962...],
+           [ 0.5773...,  0.5773...,  0.5773...]])
+
     See also
     --------
     dict_learning